Kickstarter Hacked, User Credentials AccessedHackers breached the Kickstarter security system and stole user credentials of an unknown numbers of customers on Wednesday. The company says the credit card data was not accessed.

Sundance Tunes Into Online AudiencesThe Sundance Film Festival is devoted to discovering and developing independent artists and audiences–so it’s time to embrace digital markets. As box office revenues stay low, the best bet for buoying independent...

The Five Most Disruptive Innovations at CES 2014The launch this week of our Big Bang Disruption book added significant urgency to our annual search for the biggest disruptors at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
After all, the book’s principal...

Pebble Goes For The Rolex Look With 'Steel' SmartwatchPebble wants to move beyond plastic.
The Palo-Alto based smartwatch maker has upgraded its look to sleek metal with the launch of Steel at CES 2014, a new version of the smartwatch that includes stainless steel and...

30 Under 30: The Brightest Young Stars In Video GamesEvery year, the reporters at Forbes look for up-and-coming stars in the industries we cover. We search for people who are doing groundbreaking work, disrupting traditional business models, and establishing themselves as...

Jeremiah Owyang: Profiting from a Collaborative EconomyIt’s being called the “Sharing Economy,” “Mesh Economy, ” “Collaborative Consumption,” and now the “Collaborative Economy.”
Whatever term prevails, it’s about a more efficient way of using valuable resources to benefit...

Jan 2 2014, 2:11pm CST

Turn Your iPhone Into A Robot: RomotiveWhen we humans have gazed into the future, more often than not our fantasies and predictions have included robots. Whether we’re watching Bladerunner or The Jetsons, or taking a gander at what major tech companies like...

Jan 2 2014, 1:11pm CST

Let's Resolve To Use These Tech Buzzwords Less In 2014Every area of human endeavor has its own lingo, but something about the technology industry makes for particularly pervasive and annoying jargon.
Partly that’s because of where it comes from: It’s a vernacular developed...

Jan 2 2014, 10:21am CST

Sharing, Trust, And DronesIt began with a puppy.
We had set out to adopt a dog, and for anyone who’s had puppies (or children for that matter) you know they grow quickly. So rather than head to the local Petco and shell out a ton of cash for...

Dec 30 2013, 7:31pm CST

2013 Crowdfunding Predictions RevisitedLast December, I ventured out onto that proverbial limb and made a few predictions about what 2014 was likely to hold for crowdfunding. Now that the New Year is almost upon us, it’s time to revisit these predictions....

First Look At SketchFab: A Youtube For 3D FilesSketchFab is a web service to publish, share and embed interactive 3D models in real-time. Put simply, the site is part of a growing network of online 3D software to enable artistes, designers, and lay users to design...

The Best Video Game RPGs Of 2014 And BeyondWhen it comes to roleplaying video games, it often feels as though the golden days are behind us. The MMO and the MOBA have risen, and the single-player RPG has been consigned to memory.
But when you start looking at...

Who Needs Kickstarter And IndieGoGo? Crowdfund YourselfAfter a crowdfunding site made big promises to filmmaker Stuart Acher, then reneged on those promises, he was left with two days until his film #Stuck would launch with no crowdfunding in sight. So, he and his partners...